Yes… you can be a law professor if you are already a lawyer. Want to see if there are any law schools that are interested in you? We can help you contact almost all of the law schools in the United States and present yourself as a candidate. Researching all the contact information for various law schools could take you weeks. In less than a week, however, we can have your resume on the desks of the Deans of the law schools you want to approach.
Life as a Law School Professor
The job as a law school professor may not pay as much as that of an in-house or firm attorney; however, the academic life can certainly be more rewarding. Here, you will have the opportunity to impart your wisdom to young charges seeking emotionally or financially rewarding careers in the law. In addition, you will have numerous vacation days and may even get summers off. Do you secretly yearn to do some writing? A career as a law professor rewards writing and you will likely be encouraged to publish your wisdom.
There are a few major legal myths that surround getting a position as a law professor. We have addressed some of the more common ones below. One of the biggest and most baffling misconceptions is that contacting law schools is an ineffective way to get a position teaching in a law school. Sure, it would be great if one of your professors from law school called you up and offered you a position teaching at your alma mater, but how likely is that?
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It is impossible to find a position as a law professor.
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If you think it is hard finding an advertised position in a law firm or corporation, you are going to have to wait a long, long time before you find an advertised position for a law professor. There are hundreds of positions in law schools and many of these are filled each year because the law school simply receives an inquiry from an interested applicant. The old adage of "you never know until you try" could not be more apropos for your search for a position as a law professor.
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Only the people with the most exceptional academic qualifications can get positions as law professors.
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This is simply not true. Many law professors were not exceptional law students at all. In fact, many law schools may not even request a transcript before they hire you. There is a real value to your legal experience, and this experience is something that can provide you the tools to teach law.
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You can only teach law school if you have past teaching experience.
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A great number of law professors come directly out of private practice without ever having taught before.
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